Road-drag



F. F. SCHNEIDER. ROAD DRAG.

4 APPLICATION FILED AUG-13,1919, 1 ',362,190. v Patented Dec. 14,1920.

, x v A UNITED stares FERDINAND F. SCHNEIDER, QF WESTPOINT, NEBRASKA.

ROAD-DRAG.

nae-2,190.

Application filed August 13, 1919.

'1 0 all whom it may coaccm:

Be it known that I, Fnnoirninn F. SciiNnI- onn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westpoint, in the county of Cunning, State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road- Drags; and I do hereby declare the follow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in scrapers and levelers. and particularly to devices for leveling and grading roads.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this character whereby the road surface will be effectively smoothed and leveled, while at the same time the holes will be filled with dirt and properly packed down.

Another object resides in the provision of novel and improved means for scraping dirt from the sides of the road toward. the center so as to fill up the holes, as there is generally no available dirt near the holes.

Other objects and advantages will be up parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved road scraper.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4f is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 4- 1 of .1, showing the connections between the main frame and the supplemental frame.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 and 11 represent a plurality of obliquely arranged transverse wooden or other blades which are connected in parallel spaced relation by the longitudinally extending parallel beams 12 secured to the upper edge of said blades. Secured to the lower edge of each of the blades 11 is an angle strip 11 of metal which extends the entire length of the blade and is arranged to engage with and scrape the surface of the road, over which the machine is drawn. To the front blade is secured a longitudinally extending disked metal plate 13, as clearly seen in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The lower edge of this plate 13 is arranged to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '14:, 1920.

Serial No. 317,148.

scrape the road surface as the machine proceeds, while the angle strips 11' serve to smooth the scraped dirt and level the same, with the result that a large amount of the dirt will be drawn into the holes in the road to fill them.

The right hand longitudinal beam 12 terminates a short distance from the corresponding end of the next beam, and mounted on the latter is a lever 14, the purpose of which will presently appear. Secured to the second beam 12, are the clips 15, each having an eye 15' disposed toward the beam 12', and rotatably supported in these eyes.

is a pin or shaft 16. The forward end of the pin or shaft 16 is bent outward at an obtuse angle, as shown at 17, and is secured to the rear face of the inner end of an outwardly and forwardly inclined plow beam 18. A brace 19 is pivoted at one end in the other eye 15, and has its other or forward end secured to the plow beam 18 a short distance outwardly of the end 17 of the shaft. Thus the plow beam 18 is capable of rocking movement, upwardly and downwardly with the pin 16 as the pivot thereof, to engage or disengage its cutting edge or facing plate of metal 26 from the ground. A bracket 21 is mounted on the outer end of the beam 18 and extends forwardly in a direction paralis] to that of the line of travel of the machine. Rotatably supported on the forward end of this bracket 21 is a ground engaging disk wheel 22. Extending from the forward end of the second beam 12", to the outer end portion of the beam 18, and movably connected at both of said points, is a brace 23, which is arranged to swing with the plow, the latter is raised and lowered by manipulating the lever 1 1 and drawing on link 14-. The purpose of the brace 23 is to prevent the plow from being forced backwardly during the forward movement of the machine.

Carried by the left hand beam 12" are the eye-bolts 24- with which are engaged the eye-bolts 25, secured to the blades 26 of the supplemental frame. lhis frame includes the beams 27, which extend in longitudinal parallel relation to each. other and to the before-mentioned beams 12. Each of the blades 26 is provided with an angle metal shoe 28, on its lower edge.

Disposed transversely in front of the ma chine is a draft beam 29, which is connected to the main frame by means of the links 30,

and to the plow 18 by link 32, and to the supplemental frame by link 31, respectively. Animals, or a tractor, are adapted to be connected to this beam 29 for the purpose of drawing the machine along the road, to accomplish the proper scraping of the dirt to level the surface of the road and fill the holes therein. The plow with its scraping blade 28, together with the disk wheel 22 serves to dig up or scrape dirt from the sides of the road, and move the same toward the blades of the main frame, which in turn transfer and distribute the dirt to the central portions of the road, as the machine proceeds.

What is claimed is:

1. The herein described road drag comprising longitudinal beams, transverse scraping blades secured beneath the beams and inclined to the rear at their left ends, the right hand beam being cut away at its front end, clips secured to the beam next that mentioned and having eyes, a plow beam extending obliquely across the front end of said right hand beam and having a metallic scraping plate, a brace connecting its outer end with the second beam, means for pivotally connecting its inner end with said eyes, a lever on the second beam, a link connecting it with said plow beam, and a disk at the outer end of the latter.

2. The herein described road drag comprising longitudinal beams, transverse scraping blades secured beneath the beams and inclined to the rear at their left ends, the right hand beam being cut away at its front end, clips secured tothe beam next that mentioned and having eyes, a plow beam extending obliquely across the front end of said right hand beam and having a metallic scraping plate, a brace connecting its outer end with the second beam, elements secured to the back of the plow beam and having pins pivotally mounted in said eyes, lever mechanism supported on the longitudinal beams, and connections between it and the outer end of said plow beam for adjusting the latter vertically.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signa ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND F. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

C. W. AcKERMAN, JOHN CLATANOFF. 

